Processing device, processing method, and processing program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11377121-B2
Application number	US-202016794375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Priority date	Mar 12, 2019
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A processing device that is provided in a building in which a user stays includes a control unit configured to perform: transmitting a request for a vehicle which the user desires to use to move to the building; detecting that the vehicle reaches a vicinity of the building; inquiring of the user about whether access of the vehicle to the inside of the building is permitted when it is detected that the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the building; and guiding at least a part of the vehicle to the inside of the building when the access is permitted by the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processing device comprising a control unit configured to perform:
requesting a vehicle which a user desires to use to move to a building in which the processing device is provided and in which the user stays;
detecting that the vehicle reaches a vicinity of the building;
inquiring of the user about whether access of the vehicle to the inside of the building is permitted when it is detected that the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the building; and
guiding at least a part of the vehicle to the inside of the building when the access is permitted by the user,
wherein the part of the vehicle which is guided to the inside of the building when the access is permitted is an auxiliary moving device configured to load the user and move.

2. A processing device that manages a vehicle, the processing device comprising a control unit configured to perform:
receiving a request for the vehicle to move to a building in which a user stays from the user who desires to use the vehicle:
notifying that the vehicle reaches a vicinity of the building;
inquiring of the user about whether access of the vehicle to the inside of the building is permitted when it is detected that the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the building; and
guiding at least a part of the vehicle to the inside of the building when the access is permitted by the user,
wherein the part of the vehicle which is guided to the inside of the building when the access is permitted is an auxiliary moving device configured to load the user and move.

3. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to further perform:
acquiring a stop position of the vehicle when the vehicle arrives and stops in the vicinity of the building; and
requesting a guidance route from the stop position to the inside of the building, and
wherein the control unit is configured to guide the auxiliary moving device based on the guidance route.

4. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the user is notified of at least one of an outside air temperature, weather, and a scheduled arrival time at a destination when the inquiring is performed.

5. A processing method of causing a computer to perform:
requesting a vehicle which a user desires to use to move to a building in which the processing device is provided and in which the user stays;
detecting that the vehicle reaches a vicinity of the building;
inquiring of the user about whether access of the vehicle to the inside of the building is permitted when it is detected that the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the building; and
guiding at least a part of the vehicle to the inside of the building when the access is permitted by the user,
wherein the part of the vehicle which is guided to the inside of the building when the access is permitted is an auxiliary moving device configured to load the user and move.

6. A processing program causing a computer to perform:
requesting a vehicle which a user desires to use to move to a building in which the processing device is provided and in which the user stays:
detecting that the vehicle reaches a vicinity of the building;
inquiring of the user about whether access of the vehicle to the inside of the building is permitted when it is detected that the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the building; and
guiding at least a part of the vehicle to the inside of the building when the access is permitted by the user,
wherein the part of the vehicle which is guided to the inside of the building when the access is permitted is an auxiliary moving device configured to load the user and move.

7. The processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to further perform:
acquiring a stop position of the vehicle when the vehicle arrives and stops in the vicinity of the building; and
requesting a guidance route from the stop position to the inside of the building, and
wherein the control unit is configured to guide the auxiliary moving device based on the guidance route.

8. The processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the user is notified of at least one of an outside air temperature, weather, and a scheduled arrival time at a destination when the inquiring is performed.

9. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary moving device is further configured to carry the user.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murakami Kunihiro
• Sakakibara Katsuhiko
• Matsushita Makoto
• Sato Junya
• Yoshida Kiyonori
• Sugimura Tae
• Hayashi Takashi
• Endo Jun

Classifications

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W4/024 Primary

  Guidance services · CPC title

• B60W2556/45

  External transmission of data to or from the vehicle · CPC title

• G08G1/205

  Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental · CPC title

• G08G1/202

  Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching · CPC title